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Article: GILES COUNTY STUDENTS DESIGN WALL OF ART

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December 27, 2006
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Giles County students in fifth through eighth grades have already left a mark on the county, and it is 17 feet tall.

In honor of the county's yearlong bicentennial celebration, more than 750 students were each given a 6-inch-square ceramic tile -- pieces of an 11.5-by-17-foot mural depicting a map of Giles County -- to decorate.

"The children were able to do anything they wanted to," said Denise Blakeney, chairwoman of the Giles Bicentennial Committee.

Popular items included Virginia Tech symbols, Giles High School footballs, butterflies and flowers.

The tiles were fired at Giles High School with the help of art teacher Rhonda Colavecchio, cleaned and then fitted together.

The mural and a ...

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